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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2008
Yasutaka Gotoh, Saitama, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Saitama, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Hiroko Furukata, Saitama, JP;
Yasutaka Gotoh, Saitama, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Saitama, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Hiroko Furukata, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device including a heating member, a pressing member that presses the heating member, a switching unit that switches a press contact force of the pressing member and a container body that accommodates the heating member, the pressing member, and the switching unit, wherein the switching unit, includes a drive member that moves the pressing member in a predetermined direction and an auxiliary drive member that is connected to the drive member and relatively moves with the drive member, and the auxiliary drive member, in a case where the container body is placed in an image forming apparatus including a lid, switches between a operative association state and a nonoperative association state, and the auxiliary drive member including a returning section that returns a tip of the auxiliary drive member to a position crossing a movement trajectory of the lid in the nonoperative association state.